Russian Sci-Fi

[pgmatg]

I'm always amazed, that so many people seen or heard about Solaris & Stalker,<br />but very few know of any other Russian Science Fiction Movies.<br />So I would like to mention some, you can find them on my page (with english subtitles):<br />Planeta Berg (Planet of Storms) - cult fave<br />"Aelita - Queen of Mars" - somewhat known<br />The Hypoboloid of Engineer Garin - lazer creation<br />Professor Dowell's Testament - sequel<br />Zero City - satire<br />Kin-Dza-Dza - comedy<br />Amphibian Man - utopia<br />They called him Robert - a lot like "Making Mr. Right" with John Malkovich,<br /> actually the other way around, Russian movie is 20 years older.<br />The Land of Sannikov - similar to Conan Doyle's Lost World <br />Wizards - fantasy sci-fi comedy

 

[tom_hobbes]

Haven't seen Stalker but the book it's based on <i>Roadside Picnic</i> by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky is brilliant, well worth reading. <br /><br />I'll stay on the look out for some of those films. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="2" color="#339966"> I wish I could remember<br /> But my selective memory<br /> Won't let me</font><font size="2" color="#99cc00"> </font><font size="3" color="#339966"><font size="2">- </font></font><font size="1" color="#339966">Mark Oliver Everett</font></p><p> </p> </div>

 

[toymaker]

"I'm always amazed, that so many people seen or heard about Solaris & Stalker,<br />but very few know of any other Russian Science Fiction Movie"<br />Solaris was written by Stanislaw Lem, a polish author, from Poland.NOT Russia.

 

[CalliArcale]

<blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>"I'm always amazed, that so many people seen or heard about Solaris & Stalker,<br />but very few know of any other Russian Science Fiction Movie"<br />Solaris was written by Stanislaw Lem, a polish author, from Poland.NOT Russia.<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br /><br />The *book* was written by a Pole.<br /><br />The *movie*, however, was produced in Russia, by a Russian producer with a Russian cast. So it's a Russian movie. (And the new version is an American movie. There's yet to be a Polish version of it.) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[tom_hobbes]

But the book Stalker was based on <i>was</i> written by Russians. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="2" color="#339966"> I wish I could remember<br /> But my selective memory<br /> Won't let me</font><font size="2" color="#99cc00"> </font><font size="3" color="#339966"><font size="2">- </font></font><font size="1" color="#339966">Mark Oliver Everett</font></p><p> </p> </div>

 

[rogers_buck]

A very large number of Russian (and Soviet Union) science fiction literary works are freely available through <br /><br />LINK<br /><br />Here are several names I would recommend:<br /><br />Aleksandr Szhegolev<br />Aleksandr Tyurin<br />Andrej Izmajlov<br />Andrej Lazarchuk<br />Arkadij & Boris Strugatskie<br />Kir Bulychev<br />Mihail Uspenskij<br />Mihail Veller<br />Sergej Lukiyanenko<br />Svyatoslav Loginov<br />Vyacheslav Rybakov<br /><br />